| | West Chicago, IL | Coal City, IL | United States |
| Overall | 108.1 | 94.8 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 97.3 | 97.9 | 100 |
| Health | 94.4 | 93.3 | 100 |
| Housing | 93.3 | 61.6 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $307,800 | $216,900 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,040.0% | 10,000.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 111.9 | 118.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 140.8 | 126.8 | 100 |
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My husband and I moved to West Chicago 11 years ago. We love it here. It has a small town feel in Big Dupage County. The town holds a community festival called More
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Reviews for Coal City 4 Reviews
No culture at all. Very rigid, uneducated, small town in More
Coal City is a nice quiet little town where people mostly mind their own business. There are plenty of community events, this is a great place to live if you have young More
What do the powers to be say in Coal City, Illinois, about the possibility that the very first airfield in the world was in Coal City. We need to speak to a Historian of More
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